one problem i have always had with c++ is that unlike java, there are no standard gui libraries provided with the language. in summary if you want gui's in c++ you have to choose a library and there are many choices-
win32 api, mfc, winforms, and lately wfp(for .net developers). I wont say any more about these.
There is also qt which is provided by nokia. Personally i have tried win32 and mfc and qt and i prefer qt. To create your simple gui
- 1. download qt for visual studio(google search)
- 2. download the qt visual studio addin.This eases the pain of compiling qt apps in vs[download the addin here][1]
- 3. create a new qt application from visual studio and use qt designer to add any user interface elements(widgets).
- 4.Add your methods to the generated class to do your specific logic. If you need to say print some text eg to a line edit called myLineEdit, use some thing like this
ui.myLineEdit->setText("Hello world");
Gui development is wide. I hope this helps if you are in a hurry.
For a quick video introduction, you could also try ics video tutorials